Get started with seedlings, celebrate Mom and chug Champagne: There are plenty of tasty events on the culinary calendar this weekend.
Savor our picks for the next few days, then keep reading for future happenings in the weeks (and months) ahead.
Lorena Cantarovici, owner of Maria Empanada.
Evan Semón
Friday, May 7 Start making your gardening wish list for the season. Boxcar Willy tomatoes? Check. Red Zeppelin onions? Got it. Pineapple mint? Yum. Big Beef tomatoes? Yup. Those are just a few of the varieties of organic plants you ll be able to pick up at the Growing Gardens Community Plant Sale on Friday, May 7, through Sunday, May 9. Show up between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Hawthorn Farm, 1630 Hawthorn Avenue in Boulder, and you ll have your pick of the plants to get your garden growing. Find out more about the sale including a complete list of available starts on the Growing Gardens website.
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Stock Your Freezer With These 15 Locally Made Products
From cheese bread to cinnamon rolls to pierogi and curry, leave the cooking and baking to Denver metro area restaurants and artisans.Denise Mickelsen and Patricia Kaowthumrong •
March 1, 2021
The three cooks at
Seoul Mandoo in Aurora make about 1,500 Korean mandu every day, from softball-size wang mandu stuffed with the likes of galbi, veggies, or shrimp to smaller, Seoul-style meat-and-kimchi mandu. Their labor translates into plenty of frozen dumplings for you to steam or microwave at home. Eat them immediately after cooking, while the thin rice-flour wrappers are still fluffy.
$20 for 25; seoulmandoo.com
You Can Judge the Inventing Room’s National Pie Day Contest
Reserve your ticket to taste and judge pies made by local baking pros at the virtual event, hosted by the sweets shop and pie expert John Lehndorff.Allyson Reedy •
January 15, 2021
Not to be confused with National Pi Day on March 14, National
Pie Day arrives on January 23. To honor the day that exalts all things crust, crumb, and filling, the Inventing Room and
John Lehndorff former
Rocky Mountain News dining critic and the state’s foremost pie expert are hosting a virtual pie contest where you can eat, judge, and learn all about pie from the comfort of your own dining room table or couch. (National Pie day knows no judgement.)